Drexel University

The Drexel University Noyce Scholarship Program is a partnership between Drexel University’s School of Education, the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Biomedical Engineering. Sheila Vaidya PhD, serves as the programs principal investigator and director. Program objectives include: (1) To recruit qualified science, engineering, and mathematics students and professionals dedicated to teaching math or science into the School District of Philadelphia (2) To provide strong preparation addressing content knowledge, pedagogicalcontent knowledge, learner knowledge, and technology integration (3) To provide mentoring and induction activities Individuals who successfully complete this program will become certified teachers of mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, earth and space science, or general science.

Scholars are expected to participate in the community of teacher development including:

1. Monthly program meetings and professional development

2. Written program reviews

3. Classroom observations

4. Teaching presentations

5. Grant Writing

6. Participation in the Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership

The Drexel program models itself on current research and successful design of premiere teacher mentoring programs that have benefited teachers and their students attending high-need urban schools. The Teacher Mentorship Program is designed with the inputs and feedback from participating mentors and protégé teachers as part of a continuous loop to refine and improve the effectiveness of the program implementation.

In partnership with programs at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and SUNY Cortland, Drexel serves as the host of the Noyce Northeast Annual Conferences.

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Meet The Mentor

Dr. Kira Baker-Doyle is an Associate Professor of Education at Arcadia University’s School of Education. She is the Director of the Master’s and Certificate programs, and the founding director of the Connected Learning certificate program. Baker-Doyle is the author The Networked Teacher: How New Teacher Build Social Networks for Professional Support (2011), and the forthcoming book, Transformative Teachers: Teacher Learning and Leadership in a Connected World (Harvard Education Press, In Press). She currently editing a book with co-author Dr. Susan Yoon entitled Networked By Design: Interventions for Teacher to Develop Social Capital (Routledge, Forthcoming 2018).

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PRNP Partners in the News

PRNP and Bryn Mawr/Haverford Colleges Noyce Scholarship Principal Investigator, Victor Donnay has created an informative and engaging video that helps viewers understand climate change through the lens of a billiards game. Watch this with your students for a great lesson about the connection between math and climate change

Arcadia University's Kira Baker-Doyle shares her expertise on the importance of teachers building social capital in her book "The Networked Teacher" . Visit her site: http://www.thenetworkedteacher.com/ to get connected!